Cigar-machine



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G. CASWELL.

GIGAR MACHINE.

No. 436,559. Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

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G. CASWELL. GIGAR MACHINE.

No. 436,559. Patented Septpl, 1890.

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GEORGE OASWELL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,559, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application iiled April 25, 1890. Serial No. 349,535. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE OAswELL, `of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements inCigar-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what are generally known as stationary beltmachines, in which a slack belt to form the wrapper is arranged above abed or t-able fixed at its ends and combined with a traveling roller, bywhich it is caused to partly envelop and rotate the bunch while carryingthe same over the bed.

The invention consists in various details of construction, among othersthe arrangement of the bed and various operating parts in an inclinedposition that the traveler may be operated by gravity, in a constructionwhich admits of the machine being varied in width to produce cigars ofdifferent lengths, and in various details.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of mymachine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same on theline 2 2, the parts being in position for the introduction of thetobacco. Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal vertical sections showing inoutline the apron and the traversing roller at diierent stages of theoperation. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section on the line 5 5,Figs. l and 2.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent two vertical side plates orframes, each formed with a longitudinal inclined slot a, and with alongitudinal flange or shoulder a on the inner side, as shown in Fig. 5.

B B are two overlapping plates attached to the upper inclined edges ofthe respective side frames and forming jointly a bed or table, the widthof which may be varied by changing the distance between the side frames.These frames are rigidly connected, and variation in the distancebetween them provided for by two arms c, extending horizontally inwardfrom frame A and overlapping corresponding slotted arms c', which areprojected from frame A and connected by screws c2 to the irst-namedarms. The slots and screws admit of the arms being extended or shortenedat will to vary the width of the table, the sections of which, sustainedat the outer edges by the arms, are free to slide upon each other. Atthe lower end the table is formed with a transverse depression or pocketl) to permit the introduction of the tobacco, and at the upper end ithas two depressed arms b', which receive and sustain the completedfiller as it is released `and delivered over the upper end of the table.

D represents the slack filler-forming apron overlying the table, itsupper end secured between clamping-bars E E, seated in notches in theside frames, and its lower end clamped between bars n n', seated in`notches in the under side ot the side plates.

F is a transverse roller, traveling over and beneath which the apron iscarried to form the usual pocket for the tobacco. This roller is mountedat its ends in vertically-adjustable boxes f, slotted and secured byscrews f to plates f2, arranged to slide lengthwiseon the side frames.These sliding frames are provided with journals f3, extending throughthe slots and carrying rollers f4, which travel on the iianges a of theside frames, as shown in Fig. 5. These rollers sustain and carry theprincipal part of the weight of the sliding plates and the top roller,and enable said parts to be carried easily to and fro and to descend bygravity to the lower end of the bed after the completion of eachfiller.. The

rollers-also bear beneath top flanges a2 on the side frames to preventthe parts from binding under the upward pressure of the tobacco beneaththe top roll. The journals of the rollers are threaded and screwed intothe ends of a connecting sleeve or nut Gr, by which they are adjustedendwise as changes in the width of the machine may demand. To thissleeve is attached a cord G', extended thence upward over a guide-pulleyH and downward to a foot-lever or treadle l, which is arranged so thatwhen depressedit will cause the slides to advance and carry the top rollupward over the table. The pulley is mounted on a rod g, seated at itsends in the side frames and provided with a series of holes to receivekeys or pins g', which keep it in place, and by their changes inposition from hole to hole admit of the side frames being moved.

In operating the machine the roller is permitted to gravitate to theposition shown in Figs. l and 2, and the tobacco introduced into thepocket in the apron beneath the top IOO roll. The treadle is thendepressed, causing the top roll to move upward over the table, in doingwhich the apron is caused to pay around the same and rotate the tobaccowithin the pocket, which is advanced in the apron until the upper end ofthe table is reached, When the filler is rolled outinto thereceivingarms, the apron being` released so that the filler may beremoved.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim isp l. In combinationwith the fixed side frames and table inclined, as described, the apron,the top roll, the gravitating roll supports or slides, the cord to carrythe slides upward, and a pedal to operate the cord.

2. The side frames, the table-sections attached thereto7 and thecross-connections adjustable to change the width of the table, incombination with the top roll, its sliding supporting-plates, theconnection between said plates adjustable, as described, to suit thevarying width of the table, and the belt.

The side frames having the inclined slots, and the longitudinal top andbottom shoulders projecting laterally from the frames, in combinationwith the rollers mounted to travel between the said shoulders, thetable, the apron, the side plates carried by the rollers bym'eansofconnections extendingthrough the slots, and the top roll. A

4. In a cigar-machine, a fixed inclined table with a pocket ordepression at the lower end, in combination with an overlying aproniixed at its ends, inclined side guides, a top roll, supports for saidroll mounted to travel on the side guides and to descend by gravity, andmeans for carrying the roll and its supports upward.

In testimony whereof I hereunto Aset my hand, this 14th day of April,1890, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

GEORGE CASVELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES D. IDDINGs, THOMAS B. H ERRMAN.

